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74) Rukmaabja saraseekoola
Lakshmeekrita tapasvine Sri VenkatEsaaya nama:
Salutations to Srinivasa, who
performed penance on the banks of
the lotus pond for regaining Sri
Mahalakshmi !
We have heard of the entire world
peforming penance, directed at the Lord.
This tirunama recounts an instance
where the all-powerful Lord Himself
undertook penance, directed at
regaining Sri Mahalakshmi, who had deserted
the Lord and His eternal abode,
angered at the Lord's passive acceptance of
Bhrigu Maharshi's apparent insult
of kicking the Lord in His chest, the abode of
Mahalakshmi. Not finding Sri
Mahalakshmi despite diligent search all over
the universe, the Lord, prompted
by a celestial voice , constructed a pond on
the banks of the Suvarnamukharee
river, raised golden lotus flowers in the pond
and performed arcchanaa to Sri
Mahalakshmi for twelve years. This is the Padma saras
or the pond attached to the
Tirucchaanur temple which we can see till date. It is said that
Srinivasa established a sannidhi
for Sooryanaarayana on the banks of this pond to make
the lotuses bloom fast (it is an
acknowledged fact that lotuses spread their petals
prompted by the presence of the
Sun)--this sannidhi for Soorya is also found even today
at Thirucchaanur .
The penance of the Lord on the banks of the
pond growing golden lotus
and the Lord worshipping Mahaalakshmi with SrI
Manthram are described this way:
Yayaasmi dhEvO yadhapaanga-bhEdhAth bhidhaa
jagathyathbhutha-roopa-saalineem
abhyarcchayannanvhaamathra padhmair-dhyaayan
labhEyEthi dhadhaara chittham
(Meaning): By whose power I am a Supreme Being, by
whose gradations of
anugraham the differences in the status of Brahma
and Rudra arise ,That mysterious
Devi of many auspicious attributes will be the
object of My daily worship with
these golden lotuses for fulfillment of my wish to
reunite with Her.
Lord Srinivaasa recited Lakshmi Manthram and
performed penance ,
while seated in PadhmAsanam with a tranquil mind.
SuvarNa PadhmArchitha manthra moorthyr-jagath
suhruth prathyahavruddha bhAva:
Sa dhAraNAyAm PrabhurapyuruthE Thaamm
svadhaaraNAyAm prabhuthAm na lEbhathE
Lord SrInivAsan worshipped SrI Manthra Moorthy and
grew the power of His penance
day by day. He practised the step of
DhaaraNai of AshtAnga Yogam and became
incapable of being without His Devi. He longed for
Her.
On the Kaarthigai month Friday , when UtthirAda
constellation was
in ascendance , Mahaa Lakshmi appeared before Her
Lord during
Maithra MuhUrttham.Bhagavaan's tapas came to
fruition and
the appearance of Mahaa Lakshmi on a
gem-bedecked golden
chariot out of the pond growing golden lotuses is
described this way:
Sarathna-mukthA-makuDOthpalAkshee smErAnanA tathra
SarOja-hasthA
ChathurbhujA BhUshitha -bhavya vakshA :
SukhOpavishtA dhadhrusEaTa Lakshmee:
(Meaning): Bhagavan had the darsanam of His object
of desire , Mahaa Lakshmi
with Her crown studded with gems and pearls ,
with eyes like blue lotuses ,
with a gentle smile and four arms , with very many
decorations and seated
comfortably on a lotus flower.
Mahaa Lakshmi stepped down from the golden chariot
and joined
once again Her favorite place of residence on
the Lord's chest.
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